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13 March 2012 • 06:01 AMT
Orinats Yerkir party bribes voters with candies and jam, paper says

Orinats Yerkir party distributed jam, chocolate candies and coffee in Yerevan and provinces on March 8.

13 March 2012 • 05:58 AMT
Top six of ANC electoral list known – paper

First female candidate of the Congress will be SDHP leader Lyudmila Sargsyan, ranking 6th on the electoral list.

13 March 2012 • 05:57 AMT
Israel, Gaza militant factions agree to truce

The official said in a telephone call from Cairo that both sides had “agreed to end the current operations”.

13 March 2012 • 05:15 AMT
Eduard Topchjan to perform in Vienna’s Musikverein concert hall

The concert is scheduled for March 13, featuring Mi-Hye Park, soprano, Sojin Kim, violin and Kirill Rodin, cello.

13 March 2012 • 05:12 AMT
Armadillo chosen as 2014 World Cup football mascot

Brazilian armadillo, native to the country’s north-east, is capable of rolling itself into the shape of a ball when it feels threatened.

12 March 2012 • 17:59 AMT
Facebook’s top app for artists powers 500,000 musician Pages

BandPage also just announced new features that allow listeners to tell friends about favorite songs through their Timeline.

12 March 2012 • 17:44 AMT
Apple’s Safari 5.1.4 update available

Other problems addressed include a bug that prevented printing U.S. Postal Service shipping labels and embedded PDFs.

12 March 2012 • 17:41 AMT
Syrian opposition calls for “urgent” military intervention

The bodies of 47 women and children were found in Homs after a “massacre” that sent families fleeing the flashpoint central city.

12 March 2012 • 17:25 AMT
Over 200 killed in S. Sudan ethnic clashes

The latest attacks appear to be reprisals for a wave of ethnic violence and cattle raids in the same area in January.

12 March 2012 • 17:20 AMT
New non-lethal heat ray weapon unveiled by U.S. military

The technology has attracted safety concerns possibly because the beam is often confused with the microwaves used by consumers.

12 March 2012 • 17:17 AMT
Greece completes Euro 177 bln bond swap

The deal, under which investors were asked to accept an effective loss of around 70 %, saved Greece a default.

12 March 2012 • 17:06 AMT
Readability app expands to Android platform

The app isn’t available on the Google Play Market, yet however, it’s launching as an Amazon Appstore exclusive.

12 March 2012 • 16:58 AMT
“The Big Bang Theory” hits 2mln check-ins at GetGlue.com

The comedy about a group of lovable nerds now ranks as the No. 1 series on interactive entertainment site GetGlue.com.

12 March 2012 • 16:57 AMT
China to embark on 5th Arctic expedition

The expedition will carry out oceanic, atmospheric, sea-ice and marine life research in the Arctic region.

12 March 2012 • 16:54 AMT
Brazil football head resigns

The head of Brazil’s football federation, Ricardo Teixeira, has stepped down from his post, days after taking sick leave.

12 March 2012 • 16:48 AMT
Anonymous “hacktivists” once again target Vatican

Just days after a first attack which generated several problems for the official website, the hackers are back on the rampage.

12 March 2012 • 16:34 AMT
Ex-boxing champ Julio Gonzalez killed in motorcycle accident

Julio shocked the world in 2003 when he won WBO championship dethroning long-reigning ring legend Dariusz Michalczewski.

12 March 2012 • 16:26 AMT
U.N. Security Council extends mission in Libya

The Council will support Libyan govt in promoting democracy, restoring security, eliminating flood of weapons in the country.

12 March 2012 • 15:54 AMT
Never-released Apple WALT sold for $8,000 on e-Bay

Apple introduced the device at MacWorld Boston in 1993, but never put the then-state-of-the-art product on the market.

12 March 2012 • 15:52 AMT
54 % of Americans advocate U.S. Afghan withdrawal

The survey by ABC News and The Washington Post indicated 60% of Americans believe war in Afghanistan is not worth its costs.

12 March 2012 • 15:49 AMT
Lost Da Vinci fresco found in Italy

Researchers in Italy say they may have found traces of a Leonardo Da Vinci work hidden under a Florentine fresco.

12 March 2012 • 15:44 AMT
Meg Ryan’s son debuts in “Hunger Games” film

The film is set in a future where the Capitol selects a boy and girl from 12 districts to fight to the death on live television.

12 March 2012 • 15:42 AMT
Wikipedia founder appointed UK govt adviser

Jimmy Wales’ success in creating world’s biggest crowd sourced website makes him perfect candidate to guide parliaments’ web presence.

12 March 2012 • 15:30 AMT
Maastricht hosts symposium titled “Saint Cervantes of Armenia.”

Dutch city of Maastricht hosted a symposium by local Armenian organization “Ani” honoring the memory of Saint Cervantes.

12 March 2012 • 15:25 AMT
Legendary USS Enterprise leaves on final voyage

The warship will be deployed in Navy’s 6th Fleet and 5th Fleet areas of operations, which cover EU, Africa and Middle East.

12 March 2012 • 15:21 AMT
3 militants sentenced over federal troops killing in Chechnya

The three were members of an insurgent group that attacked a unit of federal forces near the town of Ulus Kert.

12 March 2012 • 14:58 AMT
Clinton, Lavrov to meet for Syria talks

Russian FM was flying to New York from Cairo, where he had a tense meeting with Arab League foreign ministers.

12 March 2012 • 14:35 AMT
Russian Air Force to get 6 Su-35 fighters by yearend

Sukhoi is reportedly also in talks with customers in South-East Asia, the Middle East and South America on Su-35 sales.

12 March 2012 • 14:32 AMT
Women chess players must button up during championships

European Chess Union astonished chess players by introducing new dress code, including strict policies on cleavage exposure.

12 March 2012 • 14:29 AMT
Digital Playground porn site users’ details hacked

The data includes user names, email addresses and passwords as well as numbers and security codes of 40,000 credit cards.